LS29 SPECIAL NEEDS SUPPORT GROUP

Registered charity 1152732 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To relieve the needs of children with special needs & their families, in the LS29 area and the surrounds by:1. the provision of recreational and leisure time activities, respite care, help, information and support;2. increasing public awareness of the problems and circumstances of people with special needs;3. encouraging inclusion of children with special needs in the wider community.

Objects

TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS AND THEIR FAMILIES AND CARERS, IN THE LS29 POSTCODE AREA AND THE SURROUNDS, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOTEXCLUSIVELY BY:1. THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES, RESPITE CARE, HELP, INFORMATION AND SUPPORT;2. INCREASING PUBLIC AWARENESS OF THE PROBLEMS AND CIRCUMSTANCES OF PEOPLE WITH SPECIAL NEEDS;3. ENCOURAGING INCLUSION OF CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS IN THE WIDER COMMUNITY.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total unrestricted funds decreased from £32,034 to £21,322, while restricted funds increased from £8,569 to £13,500, resulting in total funds of £34,822. The trustees confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. The organization operates entirely with volunteer staff and has no paid employees.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (18/09/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• KAREN GOODMAN-PICKENchair
• Ann McKerchar · trustee of 1 other charity
• Diane Fielding
• Jane Elliott · trustee of 1 other charity
• NICOLA SCOURFIELD
• Tanya Young · trustee of 1 other charity
• VICTORIA STREET · trustee of 1 other charity

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Bradford City

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).